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pregnant
/ˈpɹɛɡnənt/
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What does pregnant mean?
adjective
- Carrying developing offspring within the body.
- Of a couple: expecting a baby together.
- Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.
More meanings (6)
adjective
- Fecund, fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground, etc.).
- Pervaded by something, usually sth intangible.
- (obsolete) Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
- (obsolete) Ready-witted; clever; ingenious.
- (archaic) Compelling; clear, evident.
noun
- A pregnant person.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpɹɛɡnənt/
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No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning.
It seems to be felt that they have a natural affinity to the fruitful grain, which they speak of as becoming pregnant.
More book examples (3)
Devergie quotes an instance of a woman of thirty who had several children, but who died suddenly, and being pregnant was opened.
The pregnant woman, quite excitable and irritable, readily responds to influences by which in the non-gravid condition she could not be affected.
Toward the end of the pregnant period, the attachments between the fetal and maternal placentulae undergo a fatty degeneration and finally separate.